Niki Tsongas

Nicola Dickson "Niki" Sauvage Tsongas (26 April 1946-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-MA 5) from 16 October 2007 to 3 January 2013, succeeding Marty Meehan and preceding Ed Markey, and from MA 3 from 3 January 2013, succeeding Jim McGovern.

Biography
Nicola Sauvage was born in Chico, California in 1946, and she interned on Eugene McCarthy's 1967 presidential campaign; while doing so, she met her future husband, Paul Tsongas. Paul served in both houses of the US Congress, and he died of pneumonia and liver failure in 1997. Niki Tsongas, who had worked as Dean of External Affairs at Middlesex Community College, as a Board Member of Fallon Heath, and as a commission member, was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2007 following Marty Meehan's resignation in favor of an education job. She opposed the Iraq War, supported universal healthcare, supported the right to choose, supported gay rights, and called for Anthony Weiner's resignation after his sexting scandal.